Legal Affairs: Proposed rule will eliminate and offset reduction resulting from Two Midnight Policy, see page 4
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May 2016 • Volume 13, Issue 1 • $3.50
Nurse Spotlight
Brandon Waterhouse, Texas Children’s
INSIDE
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First computer program
developed to detect DNA
mutations in single cancer
cells
see page 5
INDEX
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Financial Perspectives.......3
Legal Affairs......................4
Technology....................5
Integrative Medicine.........6
THA...............................10
Hospital Headlines.........11
BY CAROLINE TIMM, Public Relations
Specialist, Texas Children’s Hospital
days but the bad days as well.
After receiving his nursing degree from
The University of Texas Health Science
Center at San Antonio, Waterhouse began
his newfound career at the inpatient adult
hematology and oncology unit at University
Hospital in the summer of 2013. A year
later, University Hospital opened a pediatric
hematology and oncology unit, and
Waterhouse immediately knew he wanted
to make the switch.
Upon entering the workforce eight years
ago with a freshly earned accounting degree
from the University of Texas at San Antonio,
Brandon Waterhouse quickly realized he
was unfulfilled in his career. Knowing
that he wanted to make a positive impact
on people, Waterhouse left his accounting
job in Corpus Christi and moved back to
his hometown of San Antonio to spend
time figuring out exactly what he wanted
to do. After several months of searching,
Waterhouse decided that nursing was his
true calling. He had been a volunteer
counselor at Camp Discovery since 2005,
which is where he was first introduced to
the pediatric cancer population.
“Nursing was never a career I had considered
for myself, but I had always admired the
special bond that exists between nurses and
campers,” said Waterhouse. “The nurses,
while still protective over their patients,
had a rare chance to see them outside of
the hospital setting and enjoying life as a
normal kid. To the campers, nurses were
the ones they trusted the most, the ones
Brandon Waterhouse
who have been by their side during some of
their worst days.”
It was after camp in the summer of 2010
that Waterhouse realized he wanted to be
there for these kids not just on their good
Already aware of how much he enjoyed
working with children from his time at
Camp Discovery, pediatrics was ultimately
where he always wanted to be. In June 2014,
Waterhouse made the transition as part of
the first group of nurses hired for the new
unit. He spent the next 14 months on the
unit before making the decision to leave
University Hospital in search of a better
learning opportunity.
“One of my goals had been to work in a
top-ranked, stand-alone children’s hospital,
and I couldn’t be happier that I ended up at
Texas Children’s.” Waterhouse transferred
Please see NURSE SPOTLIGHT page 12
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Breaking Ground: Zayed Building opens doors to state-of-the-art personalized
cancer research
Spirituality and medicine
see page 6
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The University of Texas MD Anderson
Cancer Center recently welcomed His
Highness Sheikh Hamed Bin Zayed Al
Nahyan, Chairman of the Crown Prince
Court of Abu Dhabi; His Excellency
Mohamed Haji Al Khoori, Director
General of the Khalifa Bin Zayed Al
Nahyan Foundation; and H.E. Yousef Al
Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Building (photo by F. Carter Smith)
Otaiba, United Arab Emirates Ambassador
to the United States, to dedicate the Sheikh
Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Building for
Personalized Cancer Care. Construction
was made possible through a $150 million
grant by the Khalifa Foundation in 2011 to
accelerate the pace of personalized cancer
therapies and pancreatic cancer research.
Please see BREAKING GROUND page 13
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